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  • Title: Identification, sequencing and expression of selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase transcript in the freshwater bivalve Unio tumidus exposed to Aroclor 1254.
    Author: Doyen P, Vasseur P, Rodius F.
    Journal: Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol; 2006 Oct; 144(2):122-9. PubMed ID: 16945589.
    Abstract:
    Glutathione peroxidases (GPx) and glutathione S-transferases (GST) are essential enzymes of the cellular defense system. The aim of this work was the identification of GPx transcript in a freshwater bivalve, Unio tumidus, and the effects of Aroclor 1254 on GPx and pi-class GST (pi-GST) expression pattern. The GPx full-length coding sequence was obtained by reverse transcription PCR using degenerated primers followed by 5' and 3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The GPx cDNA encodes a protein of 232 amino acids. The 72nd amino acid corresponds to a selenocysteine encoded by a TGA codon. Residues essential to the enzymatic function are conserved in GPx of U. tumidus. Specific amplifications of the Se-GPx mRNA from U. tumidus were performed on the digestive gland, the excretory system and the gills. Se-GPx expression level is highest in the digestive gland. No induction of the Se-GPx was observed at the transcriptional level in the digestive gland and the excretory system of Aroclor-treated mussels, while an increase of the pi-GST mRNA level was observed in the excretory system.
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